Bathsheba Gallery

Scenes from the Book of Kings

Scenes from the Book of Kings. 1 Kings 2:10-11: The death of David. 2 Kings 19-25: Bathsheba asking Solomon for Abishag to marry Adonijah. Facsimile copy of a 15th century manuscript of the German School

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Bathsheba, 1498 (1964)

Bathsheba, 1498 (1964). The Book of Samuel describes how Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah the Hittite, was seduced by King David after he saw her bathing from the roof of his palace. She was the mother of Solomon. The story of the chaste Susannah is narrated in the little side blocks. From Heures a l'usage de Rome, a Book of Hours printed by Philippe Pigouchet. A print from A History of Wood Engraving, by Douglas Percy Bliss, Spring Books, London, 1964

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